Patricia Correll @Author_PCorrell Twitter profile

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Patricia Correll

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3 years

Me: No serial killer will ever lure me into their murder van. I' m too smart for that. Murderer:

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7 months

A bit of encouragement, since I turn 45 this year (better get my butt in gear though).

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8 months

Mom called to let me know she's mailing my children Emotional Support Pickles.

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7 months

School cancelled tomorrow (weather). I am not telling the kids. That way they will do their homework, take showers & go to bed at a decent time. If they knew they'd try to push back on all of it. I'll tell them in the morning 😈

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9 months

I don't know what happens if you don't say 'cows' when you see cows while driving on the highway, but I am not about to find out.

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7 months

Third-grader asked what kind of app I would find useful. I said one where I could type in an ingredient & the app would collect recipes using that ingredient. Today he... presented me with the app. And it works 😮

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2 years

@MikeJamesAuthor Oh man I should do this. After a year we could probably take a cruise!

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11 months

Look at this box. This box is so freaking cool. I can stand in it with about 8 inches to spare. It's one of the best boxes I ever saw. #Box

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3 years

@DaisyChainBook It's beautiful and I hope my stupid joke brings you lots of attention and customers! I live veeeery far away or I would definitely come myself!

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Patricia Correll

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3 years

Everyone keeps joking about someone named Joe. Who is that?

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3 months

Uh-oh! The kids went to stay with Grandma for a week & Third-grader forgot hia special plush dog, Cookie. I promised to care for him this week. I'm thinking of showing Cookie the best week of his life & sending the kid pics. Should I post Cookie's adventures here?

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3 years

I heard an interview with Nora Roberts where they asked if she ever ran out of ideas. She said, 'There are only 88 keys on a piano but do we ever run out of music?'

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3 years

To the romance books are boring and predictable crowd, I say have you met bread? Same basic ingredients. Infinite possibilities. FUCKING DELICIOUS.

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1 year

Third-grader: Mom! I brought home every parent's worst nightmare! A summons to a meeting with the principal? The catalog of overpriced gift wrap that is the annual fundraiser? Nope.

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3 years

@jeffvandermeer 'But cats like to be outside!' I like eating entire boxes of Little Debbie Oatmeal Cream Pies, but I don't because it's bad for me. Just like being outside is bad for cats. And small native wildlife. We all make sacrifices. 🙄

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3 years

"But 99% of children survive Covid!" That's great. Let me tell you a story about my grandpa. As a teen he contracted polio before the vaccine was available. Unlike a lot of kids he didn't die. Like almost all polio survivors he was left disabled for life. They said - 1/

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4 years

@xakana @cyberkyst My preschooler asked us to call him Link for a while because he loves Legend of Zelda. Link is nowhere near the name we gave him. Do you know what I did? I called him Link until he wanted to use his regular name again. It's not hard.

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4 months

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4 months

Doubling down: Coffee is disgusting. I have never met a coffee drink I liked, or tiramisu, or coffee ice cream. You could put a pound of sugar in it and I could still taste the bitterness. I have no idea how some if y'all manage to drink it day after day 😣😄

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Patricia Correll

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1 year

Library story: Mom at my desk when her daughter comes up and hands her a book. D: Can I read this? M: No, the AR level is 6th grade & up. Maybe in a year or two. I contort my neck to see it's Black Beauty. Me: I love that one! How old are you? D: 10. Me: I was 10 when--

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1 year

OK, so we are no longer having chicken pot pie for dinner. #dinner #disaster

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6 years

Am I the only writer in the world who doesn't drink coffee? I can't stand the stuff. #amwriting #writerslife #coffee

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2 years

@chelseabwrites I worked at a bookstore for 15 years. No one showing up for a signing is unfortunately not unusual, even for bigger-name authors (I was hosting Barry Eisler & no one showed!). So two is actually pretty OK!

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Patricia Correll

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26 days

It took me a hot minute to figure it out (okay, like a day) but this is a Bacchanal. Papa Smurf there is Bacchus. The entire Internet can stop clutching their collective pearls. It has nothing to do with the Last Supper and everything to do with GREECE.

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1 year

-- I first read it. You might encounter some unfamiliar words but nothing you can't guess or look up. D: See! M: 😒 Me: 😇 I don't know if they ended up getting it or not. But us horse girls have to stick together. 🐎

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1 year

Was offered a doughnut at a kid's birthday party. Almost refused. Then I remembered the sun will someday explode, incinerating this planet and several others in an instant. But by then everyone currently here will be long dead anyway. I ate the doughnut. 🍩

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Patricia Correll

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7 months

Can you name a time travel film that’s NOT Back to the Future? Very underrated movie, Twelve Monkeys

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Can you name a time travel film that’s NOT Back to the Future?

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6 months

Most handsome someone has ever looked in a movie? Easy.

Heartburn & Magic Bears & Women's Rights

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Most handsome someone has ever looked in a movie? Sorry Rick but I'm an Ardeth gal.

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8 months

Dear Internet: Wary and weary are two different words with different meanings. Thank you for your prompt attention to this matter. Sincerely, P. Correll

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6 months

I am reading a horror novel. It's very good. But it's set in the Appalachians. And the author is British. And a tough biker character just told a kid they could have candy and ice cream for tea. (there's a lot of little things like this, I'm surprised no editor caught it) 😄

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Patricia Correll

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3 years

@BarryGregory Bookmobiles are really vital in rural areas. A lot of the county my library serves is rural and all the branches are in one city. We do a lot of school outreach too

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Patricia Correll

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7 months

DAMMIT they sent the announcement to Teen's school email. But he swore to keep it from his brother at least.

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Patricia Correll

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1 year

Once, our school librarian saw me dog-ear a book page. She bent down, looked me in the eyes, and calmly said, 'If I ever see you do that again, I'll kill you.' * I have never done it since. * this was the 80s when threatening students with death was considered appropriate

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Patricia Correll

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6 months

Has this POS even seen the price of cereal lately?

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23 days

Reading a book set in the 80s & the author keeps referring to people wearing tie dye jeans. I don't remember anyone wearing tie dye jeans (is it even possible?). Does he mean stone washed jeans? Or was tie dying jeans a thing I missed, being a kid? 🤔

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Patricia Correll

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8 months

I confessed to a co-worker that I have never seen Elf. Him: It's okay. The first 15 minutes are pretty funny. You could just watch the first 15 minutes & not worry about the rest. Bob Newhart as an elf is pretty funny. But the rest is just okay. So, Elf... classic, or just OK?

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Patricia Correll

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1 year

@SpookyEvilOne When I was pregnant, pregnant people were told Tylenol was the ONLY safe painkiller to take. So loads of kids, neurotypical or not, had moms who took Tylenol. I don't see how they can determine Tylenol = autism from this. (I have an autistic son. Not bc of the Tylenol though)

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Patricia Correll

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1 year

@SketchesbyBoze If a child legally has to be at school a certain amount of time, the school should provide everything they need while there, including instruction, supplies, FOOD, tampons, anything . Scrap the plans for a couple military bomber drones & give it to schools. Simple.

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Patricia Correll

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3 years

his last bit of independence, along with a couple personal family deaths, is what made him give up. He crumbled and died. And he WON. He BEAT polio. And in the wnd it still hurt him and had a hand in killing him. Looking only at death numbers is short-sighted. 4/

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Patricia Correll

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4 months

I asked my man and he said owl.

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Are there any men out there who have a favorite bird that is not an eagle? Every single man I have ever asked said "eagle".

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Patricia Correll

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3 years

My grandpa and his parents didn't have a choice. We do. 6/6 #COVID19 #COVID #polio #CovidVaccine

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Patricia Correll

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3 years

Changes in the heart and lungs have been found even in people who are asymptomatic. We have no idea what Covid might do long-term. 30 years seems like a long time, but in 30 years will you be any more willing to see your children suffer than you are now? I wouls hope not. 5/

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Patricia Correll

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1 year

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Patricia Correll

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6 months

You just DIED... The 10th pic in your gallery is what killed you. I have questions.

Stacia Kaywood - Author (she/her)

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6 months

You just DIED... The 10th pic in your gallery is what killed you. I knew it @authormegbecker and @quinnskylar23 ! It would probably be death by laughter.

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7 months

I remember when cell phones didn't exist, years old

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Without saying your age, how old are you? I’m, remember when cell phones didn’t have internet, years old.

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Patricia Correll

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4 months

I read an article that said women in perimenopause are 40% more likely to be diagnosed with depression. I don't feel very depressed, but in the last year or so I've struggled to find motivation & enthusiasm for many things. I wonder if that's depression manifesting itself? 🤔

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Patricia Correll

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5 months

Favorite Bruce Willis movie not named Die Hard? Unbreakable

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Favorite Bruce Willis movie not named Die Hard? Unironically, Hudson Hawk

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4 months

What fictional character did you want to be when you were a kid?

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What fictional character did you want to be when you were a kid?

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3 months

Cookie came to the Korean restaurant and I taught him to use chopsticks. Then we went to the grocery

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Patricia Correll

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5 months

I imagine that somewhere out there is a man who is a surgeon and/or a military man who loves his children, his country, & traveling and just wants to make new friends, so is sad & doesn't understand why no one ever accepts his Instagram friend request ☹️

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5 months

It's mind-blowing to me how innovations like vaccines & pasteurization have changed life so much for the better, yet there are people in the 21st century who insist on drinking raw milk and letting their kids get measles 🤨

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Patricia Correll

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2 months

Have you ever bought a book in multiple formats, just because you loved it so much?

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Patricia Correll

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5 years

@deangloster @Zhyar_Handren The real...mermaid. Uh-huh. I don't get 'ruining my childhood'. The old one is on DVD, watch that instead.

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Patricia Correll

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6 months

Name an animated movie that is NOT Disney that you love. I was 3 when it came out. It's been my favorite movie for 41 years, so far.

Ian is Querying Fantasy✨️& Space Opera 🚀

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Name an animated movie that is NOT Disney that you love. Titan AE...aka, Don Bluth does Science Fiction Such a fun movie

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Patricia Correll

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2 months

Show me a picture on your phone that isn't you, but has your energy.

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4 months

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Patricia Correll

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3 years

@Jae_E_Glass In other replies the bookseller said there are holes in the shelves (you can kind of see them in the photo) and they feed bungee cords through them while driving!

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Patricia Correll

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3 years

he would never walk again. He did, with a crutch. He worked hard and raised a family and never let his disability slow him down. Then came post-polio syndrome. A progressive condition that occurs in polio survivors usually 30-40 years after their initial infection. It moves - 2/

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Patricia Correll

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3 years

There is apparently a 'food hack' trend on TikTok where people just dump stuff on a counter to mix rather than put it in a bowl... Seems to me cleaning out a bowl is much easier than wiping down your entire counter. So how is this a hack? Also, gross. #tiktok #food #foodhack

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Patricia Correll

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2 months

Truth 😭

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Patricia Correll

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7 months

Husband is watching Magnum P.I. & the funniest part is that the guy with the fabulous mansion in Hawaii (where he never is), a Ferrari, a live-in bodyguard, butler and hot chicks hanging around his pool all the time is so rich because he's an AUTHOR 😄

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Patricia Correll

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4 years

@daphnethewriter I have eaten raw cookie dough for 39 of my 41 years amd I have not died of salmonella neven once. Also, that sounds like a gangster. Killed by Sal Monella.

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Patricia Correll

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3 years

I got 99 problems and this stupid WIP is 97 of them. #WritingCommunity

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Patricia Correll

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7 months

Hey everyone, I know there are other sites and stuff that can do this same thing. So thanks. But my kid made this one, and it's not perfect, and like I said I can't even get it on my phone, but it's a step toward learning & creating more, and he did it for me as a gift.

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3 years

slowly, eventually causing crushing fatigue and pain. In the end, in his 80s, he lost all feeling in his hands and arms. He was already confined to a wheelchair by then but nowbhe couldn't even feed himself. I firmly belueve that this loss of 3/

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Patricia Correll

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3 years

Look, I'm glad this thread has initiated discussion. But some people seem to be missing my point. Citing only death numbers is not thinking ahead. Covid is new, we don't know what long term effects will be. Just surviving doesn't mean you're in the clear. Just a point to consider

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Patricia Correll

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2 years

When we moved, Husband got a decent pay raise. We thought finally we'd get ahead. No. We bought a house w/a mortgage 1/2 what we were paying in rent. Still not getting ahead. I, a SAHM of 10 years, also got a job. And we are STILL not getting ahead. What's the goddamn point.

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Patricia Correll

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1 year

Husband had some science academia thing alllll day today but they ordered too much food so he brought back a 10-pound box of tortilla chips, a metric ton of salsa, a large Hawaiian pizza (suck it haters) & a gallon of sweet tea. Tonight, we feast. #food #dinner

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Patricia Correll

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8 months

To my fellow authors. You are my competition. I will hunt you in the one place you cannot escape me: in your dreams. You will have to sleep eventually. And I will be waiting.

Candace Nola

@candace_nola

8 months

To my fellow authors. You are not my competition. You are my inspiration. My peers. My colleagues. My supporters. My teachers. And I appreciate you all, for all the words you write, all the stories you tell, all the escapes you bring to the readers that need it. Be kind out there

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Patricia Correll

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4 months

I found these growing along the fence. Anyone know what they are? They look like blackberries maybe, but if so how the heck did they get in my yard?

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Patricia Correll

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2 months

Just bought tickets to see Top Gun in a theater. Yay we're going to see Maverick! ...well maybe the husband is going for Maverick, I am going for Iceman because Val Kilmer was hot

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Patricia Correll

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3 months

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Patricia Correll

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1 year

Jehovah's Witnesses knocked on our door this morning. We had just gotten back from Catholic Mass. I've discovered the quickest way to drive them off is to mention that you're Catholic 😄 #jehovahswitnesses

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Patricia Correll

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6 months

My mom has this rotating lineup of friends she goes walking with almost every day and I do not understand this. I don't want to talk while I'm working out. I don't want an exercise buddy. I want to be left alone in my misery.

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Patricia Correll

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1 month

Feeling unaccountably depressed today so I made a truckload of cookies. White chocolate almond, dark chocolate caramel and regular chocolate chip. Now I am sad, but with cookies 😄

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I get home from work & yell to the kids to get ready so we can go get sno-co es. Teen: Can you give me ten or twenty minutes? Me: Why? I told you guys to be ready. Teen: I'm only a few pages away from the end of The Dark Tower. I gave him twenty minutes.

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Patricia Correll

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5 months

If the apple butter is good, I don't care what the maker does in their personal life.

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Patricia Correll

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5 months

Not such a bad birthday 😄

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Patricia Correll

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3 years

The old man is wise. #WritingCommunity

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Patricia Correll

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4 months

Poor Andrew, he just needs to find himself a man who's a really good cook, like I did.

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Patricia Correll

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3 months

Cookie had a good idea for my story so I let him take a crack at it.

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9 months

Unpopulated opinion: I like the jelly cranberry sauce that comes in a can and when you take it out of the can, it still retains the shape of the can.

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Patricia Correll

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3 months

He borrowed a book this morning.

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Patricia Correll

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5 months

The book drop after we were closed 2 days in a row 😅

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6 months

Teen: I have to do a project on Romeo & Juliet where I write about how I'd make it into a movie, but I have to have a cast list & the only actor I know is Jack Black. Me: Does it have to be contemporary actors? T: I think so. M: In that case, I don't know any actors either. 🤷‍♀️

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3 months

'Boymoms' are so freaking weird.

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Patricia Correll

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3 months

This morning Cookie hitched a ride on a book cart and learned to check in new materials.

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Patricia Correll

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1 year

What's your comfort animated film?

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@memnalar

1 year

What's your comfort animated film?

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Patricia Correll

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3 months

Tree climbing! Cookie says goodnight, tomorrow he is going to work with Dad.

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3 months

I tucked Cookie into bed early, we have a busy day tomorrow!

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Patricia Correll

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3 years

Y'all. I GOT THE JOB!! 😁😁😁 #gainfulemployment #WritingCommunity

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Patricia Correll

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3 months

Last night Cookie went to a bar (don't worry, he had the soda) and today he is hard at work in Dad's lab.

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Patricia Correll

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3 years

😄 #dune #StarWars #memes

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Patricia Correll

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9 months

My electric bill comes with a cute list of 'tips to save energy & money'. You know what would really help me save money, is the electric company NOT RAISING ITS RATES EVERY YEAR. You greedy assholes.

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Patricia Correll

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1 year

Post a gif of a famous person you’ve met.